Advances in teaching organic chemistry
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Advances in teaching organic chemistry
（ACS symposium series, 1108）
American Chemical Society , Distributed in print by Oxford University Press, c2012
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"This book is based on a symposium held at the 242nd National American Chemical Society Meeting in Denver, Colorado on August 20, 2011"-- Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Unfortunately Organic Chemistry courses have often been seen as a gateway for weeding out students from various programs instead of a foundation course in constructing creative logic skills. Students approach these courses with a variety of attitudes that can affect their chances of learning. This text will incorporate studies on new teaching methods and their level of success as well what we know works to promote student learning and what does not. The text will
also consider what variables control student achievement in an organic chemistry course and how well the concepts taught really correlate to the outside world. This symposium text will seek to illuminate the latest trends as well as some tried and true methods for teaching organic chemistry at both
large and small institutions. This book is based on a symposium held at the 242nd National American Chemical Society Meeting in Denver, Colorado on August 20, 2011. There were 16 oral presentations given and many lively discussions were held. The symposium was very well received and there was a strong interest in how different instructors approach teaching this topic and how things will evolve in the classroom as we move forward.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Discovery-Based Labs for Organic Chemistry: Overview and Effectiveness
- Norma Dunlap and Leah J. Martin
- 2. A Decade of Undergraduate Research-Inspired Organic Laboratory
- Renewal
- Andrew P. Dicks
- 3. Fluorophores, Fluorescent Polymers, and Energy Transfer in an
- Undergraduate Laboratory Setting
- Mindy Levine and Patrick Marks
- 4. Introducing Scientific Writing in a Second Semester Organic Chemistry
- Laboratory Course
- Allison A. Schmitt and James A. Parise
- 5. Engaging the Masses: Encouraging All Students to "Buy Into" the Organic
- Chemistry "Program"
- N. E. Schore
- 6. Use of Neural Scaffolding To Improve Comprehension of Organic
- Chemistry in a Supplemental Instruction Setting
- Connie Gabel, Dustin Politica, and Rosemarie Walker
- 7. What's Wrong With Carbonyl Chemistry?
- Scott T. Handy
- 8. Predictability of Organic Chemistry Students' Final Course Grades Using
- Four-Week Averages
- J. T. Wasacz, K. A. O. Pacheco, and J. O. Schreck
- 9. Historical Examples Integrated into the Organic Chemistry Curriculum
- Kevin M. Bucholtz
- 10. Blending Organic and General Chemistry: A Unified and Holistic
- Curriculum Reform Effort
- David P. Cartrette and Matthew L. Miller
- 11. Revamping a Second Semester Organic Course To Meet the New ACS
- Biochemistry Requirements
- Jetty Duffy-Matzner and Jared R. Mays
- 12. Enabling 21st Century Student Success in Undergraduate Organic
- Chemistry
- David P. Pursell, Joseph C. Sloop, Richard L. Pennington, Julia B. Paredes,
- Mai Yin Tsoi, and Sonal Dekhane
- 13. Using Short Videos To Supplement Lectures on Reaction Mechanisms,
- Organic Spectroscopy, and Polymer Chemistry
- Arno Kraft, Emma S. Rankin, and Valeria Arrighi
- 14. Podcasting in Organic Chemistry
- Michael D. Mosher
- Editors' Biographies
- Indexes
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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